Doesn't work on PopOS. "specify the name in Command constructor or using .name()"

[sgehrman]

Fresh install of npm, nodejs on fresh install of PopOS (latest)

tried npx method and installing ncu. both fail

$ node --version
v12.22.9
$ npm --version
8.5.1

$ ncu
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm-check-updates/build/cli.js:12

• specify the name in Command constructor or using .name());return t=t||{},t.isDefault&&(this._defaultCommandName=e._name),(t.noHelp||t.hidden)&&(e._hidden=!0),this._registerCommand(e),e.parent=this,e._checkForBrokenPassThrough(),this}createArgument(e,t){return new Ce(e,t)}argument(e,t,i,n){const r=this.createArgument(e,t);return typeof i=="function"?r.default(n).argParser(i):r.default(i),this.addArgument(r),this}arguments(e){return e.trim().split(/ +/).forEach(t=>{this.argument(t)}),this}addArgument(e){const t=this.registeredArguments.slice(-1)[0];if(t&&t.variadic)throw new Error(only the last argument can be variadic '${t.name()}');if(e.required&&e.defaultValue!==void 0&&e.parseArg===void 0)throw new Error(a default value for a required argument is never used: '${e.name()}');return this.registeredArguments.push(e),this}helpCommand(e,t){if(typeof e=="boolean")return this._addImplicitHelpCommand=e,this;e=e??"help [command]";const[,i,n]=e.match(/([^ ]+) *(.*)/),r=t??"display help for command",s=this.createCommand(i);return s.helpOption(!1),n&&s.arguments(n),r&&s.description(r),this._addImplicitHelpCommand=!0,this._helpCommand=s,this}addHelpCommand(e,t){return typeof e!="object"?(this.helpCommand(e,t),this):(this._addImplicitHelpCommand=!0,this._helpCommand=e,this)}_getHelpCommand(){return this._addImplicitHelpCommand??(this.commands.length&&!this._actionHandler&&!this._findCommand("help"))?(this._helpCommand===void 0&&this.helpCommand(void 0,void 0),this._helpCommand):null}hook(e,t){const i=["preSubcommand","preAction","postAction"];if(!i.includes(e))throw new Error(Unexpected value for event passed to hook : '${e}'.
  ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token '?'
at wrapSafe (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:915:16)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:963:27)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1027:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:863:32)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:708:14)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:60:12)
at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47

[raineorshine]

Hi, thanks for the report.

I would suggest filing this with PopOS. npm-check-updates works fine with other Linux distros, and if PopOS is handling something in a non-standard way, that should probably be fixed at the OS level.

If there is an easy workaround that can be added in npm-check-updates to make it work on PopOS, I'm open to it, but the PR would be up to you. Thanks.

[sgehrman]

I doubt it's popOs's fault. I just mentioned this for more info. You have no idea why looking at the error?

[raineorshine]

I see now that you are using node v12.22.9, which reached end-of-life status on 2022-04-30.

npm-check-updates requires node ^18.18.0 || >=20.0.0

If you can't upgrade your node version, the last version of npm-check-updates that supports node v12 is npm-check-updates v12.x, though it is four years old at this point. (It's a coincidence that they are the same major version number.)

I was distracted by the PopOS bit :)